Synonyms for pertinacity
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resolution persistence perseverance tenacity pertinaciousness
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Noun
1. Tenacity
tenacity, resolution, persistence, perseverance, stubbornness, obstinacy, persistency, doggedness, resoluteness, tenaciousness, determination, insistence, constancy, steadiness, mulishness, firmness, inflexibility
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Definitions
- n. 1
The state or characteristic of being pertinacious.
Forms
- Plural
- pertinacities → tenacities, resolutions, persistences, perseverances…
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Pertinacity denotes great firmness in holding to a thing, aim, etc. An opinion is advocated with pertinacity or defended with obstinacy.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
Example sentences
- resolution The resolution that a new road be built was passed.
- persistence Learning a foreign language demands persistence.
- perseverance Learning a foreign language requires perseverance.
- tenacity With tenacity like that, you can learn any language.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| pertinacity | falling | |
| resolution | falling | |
| persistence | rising | |
| perseverance | rising | |
| tenacity | steady |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 8 letters
- tenacity4, firmness2
- 9 letters
- constancy3, obstinacy4
- 10 letters
- resolution4, insistence3, steadiness3, doggedness, mulishness
- 11 letters
- persistence3, persistency
- 12 letters
- perseverance4, stubbornness3, resoluteness
- 13 letters
- determination5, inflexibility6, tenaciousness
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (tenacity4 = 4 syllables).
In other languages
- Français
- pertinacité